A sandwich at Pop's Deli & Grill, a deli in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +32.
Uncharted, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More salt than 90% of the catalog.
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), toasted: bbq chicken breast; grilled onions; bacon; cheddar cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.5 | 46th |
| fat | 2.9 | 76th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 2.3 | 84th |
| heat | 0.1 | 57th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 50th |
80 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| bbq chicken breast | not scored | ||
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +7 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −2 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +4 |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
Pairings
- Onion + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
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